Every ten years the original Floriade in Holland puts on a huge exhibition of horticulture. This year is no exception. There will be 300 displays from 30 countries. This floral extravaganza runs from Apri 6 to October 20. Three million visitors are expected to attend the show which covers 65ha (160 acres), located in the Haarlem...
News Scoop - new roses from the House of Guillot, France and the David Austin Collection, UKIntroducing a new generation of rose from the House of Guillot, Lyon, France - Generosa RosesNo other family has contributed more to the development of the rose. The Guillot family trace their roots through five generations of rose grower...
One of the most under-rated little bulbs is the Anemone. It is actually a corm, and an amazingly prolific one. Each corm produces loads of showy blooms from late winter to mid spring. Economical, especially the bedding Anemones, so you can plant a bed of colour. Vibrant colour, each flower is crisp, clean and vivid.....
Verbena bonariensis is spreading, weed-like, through my suburb and many others. Even though I quite like the purple coloured flowers I am shocked to read that the Royal Horticulture Society (UK) had presented an Award of Garden Merit (AGM) to this plant. Other, maybe more worthy, recipients of AGM's for 2001 were Magnolia 'Star ...
I like to think of it as 'smudging' as the softness of foliage is like the gentle wash technique on a watercolour painting. And really landscaping is like painting only your palette is living and breathing. Avoid 'cementing' boundaries by planting a narrow parallel-sided strip around the base of fences; rather work to create a b...
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